Roux ready for the next step
WITH a decorated highlight reel for her young age, it is no wonder Roxy Roux will be a key name in Western Australia heading into the 2019 AFL Women’s Draft. She spoke with Draft Central last year to tell of her remarkable journey, and what she had given up to get to where she is […]
Douglass dedicated to self-improvement
AIMING to just improve and develop her game regardless of her future post-AFL Women’s Draft next week, Bendigo Pioneers’ Kate Douglass is a player who has always been in and around football and that is not likely to change any time soon. “I started off just kicking with my dad and brother because my brother […]
Webber making waves
GIPPSLAND Power product Nikia Webber has high hopes for the future with the 18-year-old in her fourth season with the club and dreaming to get drafted in the near future if everything goes to plan. After telling us her footballing story growing up, she spoke prior to the NAB League Girls season about her dreams […]
Strom forces her way into draft contention
FROM Exmouth, a small country town in Western Australia (WA), Mim Strom has become one of WA’s biggest prospects ahead of the draft. With limited opportunities to pursue her footy dreams in Exmouth, Strom was forced to the sidelines but that did not stop her returning to the game bigger and stronger given her commanding […]
Smith hurdling her way to success
TAYLOR Smith quite literally made the jump into footy after dedicating a large portion of her life to heptathlons. Only having played footy for a short amount of time, Smith is still learning all the intricacies of the sport and transitioning away from her previous life of athletics. “I transitioned from athletics – I was […]
Harley provides leadership target for Chargers
IN a much improved season compared to last, Oakleigh Chargers had plenty of top-age players and bottom-age players who experienced their first taste of NAB League Girls action the year before and came into the season much better prepared. One of the leaders of that group was Emily Harley who provided not only a strong […]
Pescud thrives on contested game
AFTER experiencing the AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships as a bottom-ager last year, West Australian Taylor Pescud has used the experience of returning in her top-age year to enjoy the moments along the way. “I definitely enjoyed it (this year) a lot more and I felt a lot more confident how to play and how to […]
Lagioia loves team aspect of footy
COLLINGWOOD premiership player, Gemma Lagioia has been in and around Australian rules football for more than a decade and her ability to do some magical things with ball-in-hand attest to her experience. The Oakleigh Chargers’ talent has risen through the program and put together a consistent season, winning the club’s best and fairest award and […]
Improved Georgostathis backs up sensational bottom-age year
IT is hard to imagine that a player who won their club’s best and fairest award in their bottom-age year could surprise you in their top-age one, but for Western Jets’ captain Elisabeth Georgostathis, she has gone to another level in 2019. Her numbers, influence, opportunities and testing show just that, with the tireless midfielder […]
McClelland leading from the front
A LETTER from the Eastern Ranges kick-started future club captain Laura McClelland’s footy journey, with the club inviting her to come down and try out before blowing staff away and earning herself a spot in the team. She first picked up a footy when she was eight, inspired by the likes of her brother and […]
